"l want to challenge for a formal spot and become a formal team member!"
Hearing this, everyone exchanged glances.
Challenging a formal team member right after arriving.
This newcomer is quite arrogant!
"Old Jiang, what do you think?" Mo Fan asked.
"Do as you please. Win to advance, lose to retreat. It's simple," Jiang Yuan said.
Lu Yilin looked at Jiang Yuan.
He recalled the special instructions from his elders before coming to the United States.
They said that Jiang Yuan was the top young mage in the country, and after the National Mansion War, he would likely become the top young mage in the world. They advised him to foster a good relationship during his National Government trip.
Originally, Lu Yilin felt that Jiang Yuan's reputation was undeserved. If he hadn't gone into seclusion to break through to the advanced level, he would have definitely suppressed everyone in the voting ceremony!
Now that he saw him in person, besides being very handsome, Jiang Yuan didn't give off a particularly strong vibe.
"OK, that makes things easy."
Mo Fan spread his hands: "You pick one person here to challenge. If you win, you're a formal team member. If you lose, then honestly remain a substitute. Oh, and don't pick an auxiliary like Lao Zhao."
Lu Yilin nodded. The focused gazes of the crowd made him feel a slight, inexplicable pressure, but this didn't deter him from initiating the challenge.
He raised his right hand, first pointing at Mo Fan, then immediately moving his finger towards Jiang Yuan.
"I want to challenge Captain Jiang Yuan!"
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The entire place fell silent, looking at Lu Yilin as if he were an idiot.
And the kind of hopelessly idiotic super-duper idiot.
Are the young generation of the Lu family really this foolish?
"Lu Yilin, Jiang Yuan is the National College Team Captain. Your behavior is too disrespectful to the Captain. Don't point at the Captain!" Guan Yu kindly reminded him.
"What's wrong? The one I want to challenge is the Captain, why can't I point?" Lu Yilin retorted, completely disregarding Guan Yu's reminder.
As a young member of the Lu family, Lu Yilin had also met Guan Yu and the others before.
Guan Yu's reminder was out of respect for the Lu family, but now seeing Lu Yilin's idiotic behavior, he simply remained silent.
The others, seeing this, also kept quiet.
If Lu Yilin wanted to court death, let him. No one wanted to interfere.
"A weakling like you challenging Old Jiang? Old Jiang doesn't even need to make a move, I'll go to the dueling arena with you for a spar!" Mo Fan said.
"You? Who are you? Are you strong?" Lu Yilin said disdainfully.
"Damn it, my temper can't stand an idiot like you. Today I'm going to make you realize how big my fist is!" Mo Fan roared.
"To the Magic Association's dueling arena!"
The Magic Association was near the hotel where they were staying.
After paying at the Magic Association and renting a dueling arena, Mo Fan and Lu Yilin quickly stood on the dueling platform.
"If I win against you, I can challenge the Captain, right?" Lu Yilin said.
"Heh heh, of course. If you beat me, I won't stop you from challenging Old Jiang," Mo Fan sneered, clenching his hands.
"Begin," Ai Jiangtu quickly announced.
As his voice fell, golden light shimmered in Lu Yilin's eyes.
Star maps rapidly connected around him, on the verge of forming a complete golden constellation.
His casting speed was considered very fast among his peers, and his magic cultivation was also good, giving him a reason to be arrogant.
But what kind of place was the National College Team?
It gathered the most talented individuals from all over the country, each possessing immense strength. How could it be a place for Lu Yilin to act arrogantly?
"During the voting ceremony, I was at a critical bottleneck, so I chose to go into seclusion and didn't participate. That's why there was no place for me in the National College Team. Don't think I…" Lu Yilin's tone was high-spirited, and his gaze remained as arrogant as ever.
"You foolish bird, did I give you permission to speak?!" Mo Fan's eyes glowed with silver light, and his domineering Psychic power erupted.
Just as Lu Yilin completed his constellation, he felt an incredibly powerful spatial force violently impact his body.
He had no time to react and was sent flying, his constellation also dissipating due to the sudden change in his mental state.
He arced perfectly through the air, landing at the edge of the dueling platform in a very graceful pose, with his rear end up and his face down.
"Damn it, with this little strength, where do you get the capital to be arrogant?" Mo Fan cursed.
"You ambushed me!" Lu Yilin rolled over, pointing at Mo Fan indignantly.
"Why are you like that idiot from the American National Pavilion? Is my faster casting speed called an ambush? I think your cerebellum must have shriveled into a melon seed!"
Mo Fan ranted loudly, venting his displeasure to his heart's content, making Guan Yu and the others watching feel incredibly refreshed!
It was the first time they thought Mo Fan's foul and venomous mouth wasn't annoying. From now on, leaving all the insulting work to Mo Fan would be perfect!
Lu Yilin trembled all over from the verbal assault and shouted, "You! You just wait for me!!"
With that, he picked himself up from the ground and left the dueling arena, looking dishevelled.
"What does he mean by that, is he going home to find his mom for revenge?" Mo Fan asked.
"I never saw Lu Yilin so... well, so arrogant before. How did he become such an idiot in just a few years?" Guan Yu said.
"No need to ask, he must have gained a little strength, gotten puffed up, and revealed his true nature," Zhao Manyan shrugged. He was very familiar with this kind of situation.
Because he too was once an arrogant second-generation rich kid, until reality constantly struck him down, completely eliminating any possibility of him becoming a violent artillery mage. Only then did he straighten out his mindset.
"Never mind him. We're preparing to go to the next training location. If he doesn't return to the team before we leave the United States, he'll be directly considered eliminated," Jiang Yuan said.
With the Captain's word, everyone quickly put Lu Yilin out of their minds, preparing to enjoy themselves during their last few days in the United States.
Meanwhile, Jiang Yuan prepared to find a job for the Twisted Undead.
The Black Vatican would steal a treasure from the liberty temple—the dimension triangle mirror.
This was the key item for the Pyramid to descend upon China, and the Black Vatican would definitely come to steal it, and it would be during this period.
At that time, not only would the Blue-robed Deacon Pei Li appear, but even the Red-clothed Cardinal Leng Jue would appear near Free Island!
For this, Jiang Yuan even specifically delayed the time to go to the next training point.
If Leng Jue hadn't stolen the dimension triangle mirror before their departure, then he would just have to trouble Nine Nether Queen to work a little harder.
...
As one of the sacred magical sites, liberty temple received a constant stream of visitors every day.
New faces were perfectly normal.
At this moment, in a park not far from Free Island, a purple-eyed youth sat on a bench.
He was playfully teasing a small cat nearby, a sunny smile on his face.
A man in a sanitation worker's uniform walked over.
The purple-eyed youth didn't look up and asked, "Are you ready?"
"Tonight," the man in the sanitation worker's uniform slightly raised his head, not directly answering the purple-eyed youth's question.
However, the meaning was already clear. The purple-eyed youth smiled and said nothing more.